''Pandorea jasminoides'', also known by the common names bower of beauty and bower vine, is a species of flowering plant in the family

Bignoniaceae Bignoniaceae () is a Family (biology), family of flowering plants in the Order (biology), order Lamiales commonly known as the bignonias or trumpet vines.Vernon H. Heywood, Richard K. Brummitt, Ole Seberg, and Alastair Culham. ''Flowering Plant ...

and is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to eastern Australia. It is a woody climber with

pinnate Pinnation (also called pennation) is the arrangement of feather-like or multi-divided features arising from both sides of a common axis. Pinnation occurs in biological morphology, in crystals, such as some forms of ice or metal crystals, and ...

leaves that have three to nine egg-shaped leaflets and white or pink trumpet-shaped flowers that are red and hairy inside. It is also grown as an

ornamental Ornamental may refer to: *Ornamental grass, a type of grass grown as a decoration *Ornamental iron, mild steel that has been formed into decorative shapes, similar to wrought iron work *Ornamental plant, a plant that is grown for its ornamental qua ...

Description

''Pandorea jasminoides'' is a woody climber with dark brown bark and

glabrous Glabrousness () is the technical term for a lack of hair, down, setae, trichomes, or other such covering. A glabrous surface may be a natural characteristic of all or part of a plant or animal, or be due to loss because of a physical condition, ...

stems. The leaves are mainly arranged in opposite pairs along the stems or sometimes in

whorls A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs). In nature File:Photograph and axial plane floral diagram ...

of three, and are long and pinnate with three to nine leaflets. The leaflets are egg-shaped to more or less lance-shaped, long and wide. The leaves are on a

petiole Petiole may refer to: *Petiole (botany), the stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem *Petiole (insect anatomy) In entomology, petiole is the technical term for the narrow waist of some hymenopteran insects, especially ants, bees, and ...

long, the lateral leaflets on petiolules long and the end leaflet on a petiolule long. The flowers are borne on the ends of stems or in upper leaf axils in groups long. The five

sepal A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom., p. 106 Etymology The term ''sepalum'' ...

s are fused at the base forming a cup-shaped tube long with lobes long. The five petals are fused at the base forming a trumpet shape that is white or pink on the outside and pink to red and hairy inside, the tube long with lobes long. The four

stamen The stamen (: stamina or stamens) is a part consisting of the male reproductive organs of a flower. Collectively, the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filament ...

s are enclosed in the petal tube. Flowering occurs from September to March and the fruit is an oblong or oval capsule long and wide containing winged seeds.

Taxonomy

Bower of beauty was first formally described in 1837 by

George Don George Don (29 April 1798 – 25 February 1856) was a Scottish botanist and plant collector. Life and career George Don was born at Doo Hillock, Forfar, Angus, Scotland on 29 April 1798 to Caroline Clementina Stuart and George Don (b.1756), pr ...

, who gave it the name ''Tecoma jasminoides'' in his book, ''A General History of Dichlamydeous Plants''. In 1894,

Karl Moritz Schumann Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist. Schumann was born in Görlitz. He was curator of the Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum, Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894. ...

changed the name to ''Pandorea jasminoides'' in ''Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien''.

Distribution and habitat

''Pandorea jasminoides'' grows in rainforest from central eastern Queensland to the

Hastings River Hastings River (Birpai language, Birpai: ''Doongang''), an open and Breakwater (structure), trained intermediate wind wave, wave dominated estuary#Lagoon-type or bar-built, barrier estuary, is located in the Northern Tablelands and Mid North Coas ...

in New South Wales with isolated occurrences further south in

Kangaroo Valley Kangaroo Valley is a river valley along the Kangaroo River (Shoalhaven), Kangaroo River in the Shoalhaven region of New South Wales, Australia, located west of the seaside in the City of Shoalhaven. It is also the name of the small suburb withi ...

and as far north as

Mount Lewis National Park Mount Lewis National Park is national park in both the Shire of Mareeba and Douglas Shire of Far North Queensland, Australia. It is adjacent to both Daintree National Park and Mount Spurgeon National Park. It is part of the Wet Tropics of Quee ...

in far northern Queensland.

Use in horticulture

This climber can be propagated from seed, stem cuttings or by

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. Its vigorous growth makes it suitable for screening or climbing on pergolas and trellises, however it should not be planted near sewer pipes. The species has gained the

Royal Horticultural Society The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity. The RHS promotes horticulture through its five gardens at Wisley (Surrey), Hyde Hall (Essex), Harlow Carr ...

Award of Garden Merit The Award of Garden Merit (AGM) is a long-established award for plants by the British Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). It is based on assessment of the plants' performance under UK growing conditions. It includes the full range of cultivated p ...

. ''Pandorea'' 'Lady Di', a cultivar with snow white, trumpet flowers is also a vigorous climber. Pandorea Jasminoides

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q971064 jasminoides Vines Flora of Queensland Lamiales of Australia Flora of New South Wales Garden plants of Australia Taxa named by George Don Plants described in 1837